At 04:00 Beijing time on January 5, the third round of the Copa del Rey, espanyol came to face La Liga side BonFerredina. Wu Lei was dragged into extra time two minutes after coming on as a substitute, and finally espanyol won 3-1 through a penalty shootout, advancing 4-2 on aggregate.
In the first two rounds of the Copa del Rey, Wu Lei started, but this time he was put on the bench by Espanyol coach Moreno. Pedrosa scored the opening goal in the first half until Wu Lei came off the bench in the 86th minute and the Spaniard maintained a 1-0 lead.
No one expected that Wu Lei had just come off the bench for less than 2 minutes, teammate Serch Gomez fouled in the penalty area to send a penalty, and was tied 1-1 by Yuri's penalty, which dragged the game into extra time.
In fact, it is also a good thing for Wu Lei, he has played 4 consecutive rounds in La Liga, and he can play at least 30 minutes more when dragged into overtime. And in these 30 minutes, he also played a good performance, including one time in the middle of the split, almost assisted teammate Carreras single-handedly scored.
At that time, the game was carried out in the 116th minute, Wu Lei took the ball in front of the 180 degree turn, facing the 3-man bag clip can still send a very comfortable low flat ball, but unfortunately Carreras himself single knife ball big, wasted an extra time to kill the opportunity.
What was even more surprising was that Bonferredina actually conceded three penalties in a row in the first four rounds of the penalty shootout, and finally the Spaniards scored 3-1 on the penalty spot, and the aggregate score was 4-2 to advance to the round of 16. The Spaniard's promotion made Wu Lei also breathe a sigh of relief, otherwise he would have to carry the pot again, and he would be scolded as a broom star again.